What are the benefits of cicada wine

Cicada, also known as cicada, is an insect that we usually see more often. Cicada needs to undergo metamorphosis to survive, and cicada has great medicinal value. It can be used as medicine to treat some physical diseases, and the shed shell of cicada can also be used to make medicinal wine. Making medicinal wine with cicada is very good for the body, and can effectively treat throat diseases, or skin diseases, and is better for the health of the body.

How to make cicada molt wine

Cicada Shell Wine

Recipe: 45 grams of cicada shells and 800 grams of rice wine.

Production process:

1. Grind the cicada shell into fine powder.

2. Put the cicada molt powder into the pot, add rice wine and cook it together. Simmer it for several times on low heat. Remove it from the pot and let it cool. Then put it in a bottle, seal it and leave it for 1 day before taking it.

Health effects: dispel wind, remove heat, relieve sore throat, promote rash, remove cataracts, stop spasms, relieve spasms, warm the stomach, benefit the heart and blood, promote blood circulation, and make limbs flexible.

Dosage: 2 times a day, 30-50 ml each time.

The efficacy of cicada molt wine

1. Cicada shells are cold in nature and sweet in taste. It enters the liver and lung meridians. It has the effects of dispersing wind, removing heat, relieving sore throat, promoting the release of rashes, removing cataracts, stopping convulsions and relieving spasms. Used for wind-heat cold, sore throat, hoarseness, measles that do not break out, and itching caused by rubella. Red eyes, cataracts, convulsions, tetanus and other symptoms. Contraindicated for pregnant women. Characteristics: Antipyretic and non-toxic.

2. Rice wine is sweet and slightly cold. It enters the heart, lung, spleen and stomach meridians. It has the effects of warming the stomach, benefiting the heart and blood, promoting blood circulation, and making the limbs flexible. It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as poor blood circulation, cold hands, feet and extremities, and stomach cold and pain.

Specific taboos of drinking cicada molt wine:

First: Usage and dosage of cicada shells

In daily life, cicada shells are mostly used for making soup or soaking in wine. If used for making soup, the amount should be controlled between one and two coins, and don't be greedy. In addition, you can also make cicada shells into pills or powders for use, or soak them in wine or boil them in water and then fumigate the affected area. These can quickly keep the disease away from our body.

Second: People who are not suitable for taking cicada shells

Although cicada shells have many health benefits, they are a traditional Chinese medicine after all, so care should be taken in life to avoid being taken by unsuitable people. Patients with jaundice and those suffering from deficiency-cold syndrome are not suitable for taking this medicinal material. Pregnant women should also avoid contact with cicada shells. These people should take the medicine under the guidance of a professional doctor to avoid serious side effects.

Third: Identification method of cicada molt

The cicada shells sold on the market look similar to the therapeutic ones but are actually controlled. They are also slightly curved, tea brown in color, translucent and shiny, and covered with yellow-brown or black-brown fine hairs. There is a pair of filamentous antennae on the head, but most of them have fallen off. The compound eyes are prominent and transparent, the forehead is also prominent, the upper lip is short but wide, and the lower lip is long and tubular. There is a longitudinal crack on the back of the thorax of the cicada shell, with two pairs of small wings on the left and right sides, three pairs on the ventral side, the abdomen is marginal, and the tail end is a triangular blunt tip. The texture of the medicine is light and membranous, it is hollow and easily broken, and it has a light taste and a relatively weak smell. When choosing cicada shells in life, it is best to choose those that are yellow in color, light in texture, and have a complete shell without any sand, so that the quality will be better.